A group of young volunteers arranged for four disabled women from a care home to see their school musical. The ‘YOPEY Befrienders’ from Ormiston Sudbury…
Read more...Birch House Care Home in Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, which supports individuals with learning disabilities, welcomed local singer and entertainer Mhari Shand for a fun day of…
Read more...A European-wide study published today in the journal Neuroepidemiology has found that whilst older people with a higher level of education have better memory function,…
Read more...American singer and actor David Cassidy has revealed he is living with dementia. The 66-year-old, who shot to fame in the UK as a teen…
Read more...A European-wide study has found that whilst older people with a higher level of education have better memory function, it does not protect them from…
Read more...The ways that care home staff change shifts and how they exchange information when coming on and off duty are widely thought to be crucial…
Read more...The government must be prepared to back radical changes to health services to secure the future of the NHS, according to a new analysis of…
Read more...Protecting the future of dementia research in a post-Brexit Britain was on the agenda when Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner visited Alzheimer’s Research UK. On Thursday,…
Read more...Council tax rises in 2017/18 will not bring in enough money to prevent the need for further deep cuts to local services next year, the Local…
Read more...Comedian David Baddiel said his father’s dementia created a “cartooning” of his personality and an “exaggeration” of who he had been before symptoms developed. In…
Read more...The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is honoured to announce that Chris and Jayne Roberts are its new ambassadors. Chris and Jayne are committed…
Read more...ELDERLY residents enjoyed romance in retirement at The Beeches Care Home in Stockton-on-Tees this Valentine’s Day. The home held a romantic supper for residents, who…
Read more...Kathleen Wood, who lives at Brook House Care Home in Wembley, has made her big-screen debut at the age of 96, featuring in a film…
Read more...Researchers exploring why there has been a substantial increase in mortality in England and Wales in 2015 conclude that failures in the health and social…
Read more...The global healthcare company Merck has announced that it is stopping the EPOCH study, a phase 2/3 study evaluating Verubecestat in people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s…
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